One-Eyed Jacks

This is a western like no other, combining the mythological scope of that most American of genres with the searing naturalism of a performance by Marlon Brando—all suffused with Freudian overtones and masculine anxiety. In his only directing stint, Brando captures rugged coastal and desert landscapes in gorgeous widescreen, Technicolor images, and elicits from his fellow actors (including Karl Malden and Pina Pellicer) nuanced depictions of conflicted characters. Though the production was overwhelmed by its director’s perfectionism and plagued by setbacks and studio reediting, One-Eyed Jacks stands as one of Brando’s great achievements, thanks above all to his tortured turn as Rio, a bank robber bent on revenge against his former partner in crime. Brooding and romantic, Rio is the last and perhaps the most tender of the iconic outsiders that the great actor imbued with such intensity throughout his career.

Film Info

Special Features

New 4K digital restoration, undertaken by Universal Pictures in partnership with The Film Foundation and in consultation with filmmakers Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray

New introduction by Scorsese

Excerpts from voice recordings director and star Marlon Brando made during the development of the film’s script

New video essays on the film’s production history and on its potent combination of the stage and screen icon Brando with the classic Hollywood western genre

Trailer

PLUS: An essay by film critic Howard Hampton
New cover by Robert Hunt

Purchase Options

Special Features

New 4K digital restoration, undertaken by Universal Pictures in partnership with The Film Foundation and in consultation with filmmakers Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray

New introduction by Scorsese

Excerpts from voice recordings director and star Marlon Brando made during the development of the film’s script

New video essays on the film’s production history and on its potent combination of the stage and screen icon Brando with the classic Hollywood western genre

Trailer

PLUS: An essay by film critic Howard Hampton
New cover by Robert Hunt

Cast & Credits

Cast

Marlon Brando

Rio

Karl Malden

Sheriff Dad Longworth

Katy Jurado

Maria Longworth

Ben Johnson

Bob Amory

Slim Pickens

Deputy Lon Dedrick

Pina Pellicer

Louisa

Larry Duran

Chico Modesto

Sam Gilman

Harvey Johnson

MÍriam Colón

Redhead

Timothy Carey

Howard Tetley

Margarita Cordova

Flamenco Dancer

Elisha Cook Jr.

Mr. Carvey, banker

Rodolfo Acosta

Rurale captain

Joan Petrone

Flower vendor

Joe Dominguez

Corral owner

Tom Webb

Corral owner’s son

Ray Teal

Barney

John Dierkes

Chet

Philip Ahn

Uncle, hostel owner

Hank Worden

Doc

Clem Harvey

Tim

William Forrest

Bartender

Mina Martinez

Margarita

Credits

Director

Marlon Brando

Producer

Frank P. Rosenberg

Executive producers

George Glass

Executive producers

Walter Seltzer

Assistant to the producer

Carlo Fiore

Screenplay by

Guy Trosper

Screenplay by

Calder Willingham

Based on the novel The Authentic Death of Hendry Jones by

Charles Neider

Director of photography

Charles Lang Jr.

Music by

Hugo Friedhofer

Art direction

Hal Pereira

Art direction

J. McMillan Johnson

Editor

Archie Marshek

Set decoration

Sam Comer

Set decoration

Robert Benton

Sound

Hugo Grenzbach

Sound

Charles Grenzbach

Special photographic effects

John P. Fulton

Technicolor consultant

Richard Mueller

Assistant directors

Francisco Day

Assistant directors

Harry Caplan

Costumes

Yvonne Wood

Makeup

Wally Westmore

Marlon Brando’s makeup

Phil Rhodes

Hair

Nellie Manley

Set photographer

Sam Shaw

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